SHP - Monkspath Surgery

Just shut up shop last March, couldn’t care less about patient med reviews just hand out repeat prescriptions, impossible to get in touch with or get a routine appointment

I telephoned (number 42 in the queue) explaining that I had excruciating stomach pains I was given a telephone appointment for two days ahead........the doctor that telephone was very helpful but how can they diagnose my symptoms over the phone!!!!! ...also my husband is highly vulnerable but no indicattion as to when he will recieve covid19 vaccination!!!!!!

I had to contact the practice as an emergency, as usual getting through on the telephone was a nightmare then your put through to another queue. Was asked best number to get back to me on, I said mobile. Then someone phones me back on landline, lucky I was in. This is just incompetency on behalf of whoever asked me.
Once the GP phoned me back, he was very good and very effective. Seems to me the problem is in contacting the practice. They need more staff answering calls and processing patients queries. Whole contact system is a joke. I’ve worked in nhs for 40 years and this would never have been acceptable / allowed in our department.

Impossible to get through, difficult to get appointments, feel like a number with very little real care.

After a 1 hour 15min wait on the morning of 12th November 2020 my wife was told no appointment was available, next one would be monday 16th and only by telephone ...utter disgrace.

The website is difficult to navigate and unreliable - eg no results found when searching for symptoms. Online consult form completed twice with no response.

You end up waiting in two queues on the phone and the wait was well over an hour just to book an appointment. This undoubtedly forces people directly to A& E if they have any issues which is totally unnecessary.

This surgery is always very good and the staff are great BUT , I called the week before the October half term to arrange a well overdue blood test . I called the number one hour to get through. I explained my problem and then I was put into another queue. I was caller number 47 .It took another one hour to get through . I was then offered a call for 5 days later . Then a trainee GP called me back. She was very helpful but it was a very long time indeed . I am a school teacher and I have worked in school throughout the year . This was my day off and a large part of it was spent on the phone to the practice.
So no it's not good enough, but as I say the staff are very good . I think they merged practices without increasing staff to answer the phone maybe?

Can't get through on phone or end up being on average caller number 55 or 33 etc. Do prescription on line go to pharmacy 5 days later & they have not received it! 3 times in a row now! Have to go back to surgery to sort each time you get we haven't got it WELL THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM THEN. As it shows my end. Everything takes to long used to be OK until they all got together creating SHP! PLEASE DISBAND AND PUT IT BACK AS WAS, SHP DOES NOT WORK.
Went to surgery yesterday to ask where my prescription is just 1 girl there doing everything Ridiculous! I gave 1 star it should be none.

Waiting time to get through is just unacceptable- up to an hour on last 3 calls. No issue with medical help when through but this is a major barrier and needs fixing. So pleased my calls weren’t urgent and I’m able to hold on so long, others won’t be in same position. First line response critical - and the feedback/complaints option on the shp website doesn’t work, assume done purposely?